The blame game is on! While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) insist they did not hear from the sports ministry with regards to recommendations for the Arjuna and Khel Ratna awards, the ministry says the BCCI should have looked up the internet to fill out the forms.

BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement yesterday: “We wish to clarify that unlike every year, the BCCI has not received any forms for nominating cricketers for the Arjuna and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards of the Government of India.